Mcerino's List: The Lewis and Clark Expedition for 6th graders

• This map traces the Corps of Discovery's historic journey west (in red) and trip home (in blue)

  • The name of the present day state pops up when your curser goes over it
• Click on any of the eleven states to read excerpts from the Lewis and Clark journals, discover which Native American tribes the Corps of Discovery encountered in that region, and find information about Lewis and Clark bicentennial events and related organizations in that state

• By 1774, Philadelphia had become the second largest English-speaking city in   the world, after London
• Because Philadelphia was the principal port of entry for most new arrivals   to the colonies (until 1820 when New York City came to prominence), the "Philadelphia   Plan" was soon replicated in settlements
• In 1787, the U.S. Constitution was written and signed by 37 of the 42   representatives present in the same room, below.
• Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts, the 15th child   in a family of 17 children. He arrived in Philadelphia in 1723 after an argument   with his publisher brother, James.  In 1727 he founded the American Philosophical   Society, and in 1729 (at 23 years old) he bought the Pennsylvania Gazette newspaper.    In 1731 he founded the Philadelphia Library, the first public library in the   US.   In 1737 he appointed deputy postmaster and was in charge of   the Philadelphia Post Office (below)
• His house once stood behind the post office.  It is no longer there, although   you can see its foundations, and a museum dedicated to his life is adjacent   to the site.  Among his other accomplishments were:

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